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Saturday, 10 June 2017

Precaution taken for ammunition stores on board of French battleship Vérité according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1907-1908 dated no.5

An item referred to the Army and Navy Journal reported that on board of the French battleship Vérité the ammunition stores for black gun powder and smokeless gun powder with care were separated. When the ship was to be docked the stores could be filled witt water. The stores were well ventilated and all electric equipment which could cause sparks were banned.(1)

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1. Of the Liberté-class consisting of the Liberté, Démocratie, Justice and Vérité, preceded by the République-class and succeeded by the Danton-class. Laid down by Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France in April 1903, launched in 28 May 1907, commissioned in June 1908 and stricken and broken up in 1922.

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My father (Ron) and I (Alexander) are doing research in the topic navies and trading companies in the period 1500-present. My mother Karin helped my father early 1980's with research and nowadays she is almost daily photographing the ships passing on the river Schelde.
My father started his research more as 40 years ago. First he was interested in the Dutch navy and the navies in the Second World War , later in the period 19th century-present and about 20 years he started his research in the topic navies 1500-1860, in fact the era of the sailing warships including the galleys and the trading companies like the Dutch E.I.C. and the W.I.C.
My self, I’m interested in the topic navies 1860-present especially Russian built warships and Dutch warships and further more sailing ships over the whole period.
Together we are busy with photographing, drawing and doing research in archives, literature and on the web trying to collect every kind of information and sharing that with others without commercial thoughts just because we are ship lovers and fond of naval history.